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Table 1

Outcome of the literature review on cyberfraud perpetration

Theme	Findings	Reference
Increase in digitalisation and vulnerability of cybersecurity infrastructure	There is a direct relationship between Internet penetration leading to growth of digital services and exposure to cybercrime risks	Akinbowale et al. (2025b)
Legal frameworks, policy and enforcement capacity	African legal frameworks lack enforcement capacity as a result of limited resources, insufficient training, and technological capabilities	Snail ka Mtuze and Musoni (2023), Adewopo et al. (2025), Akinbowale et al. (2025a)
Economic and social impact	Cybercrime results in economic and financial losses, and undermines public trust	Zulu and Boshoff (2025), Akinbowale et al. (2023)
Awareness and capacity building	There is a gap in cybercrime awareness hence the need for increased awareness, cybersecurity literacy, capacity development and educational programme to strengthen cybersecurity and to foster understanding among the stakeholders	Aphane (2023)
Collaboration	Tackling cybercrime necessitates effective collaboration between public and private sectors, and the stakeholders	Zulu and Boshoff (2025)

Theme	Findings	Reference
Increase in digitalisation and vulnerability of cybersecurity infrastructure	There is a direct relationship between Internet penetration leading to growth of digital services and exposure to cybercrime risks	Akinbowale et al. (2025b)
Legal frameworks, policy and enforcement capacity	African legal frameworks lack enforcement capacity as a result of limited resources, insufficient training, and technological capabilities	Snail ka Mtuze and Musoni (2023), Adewopo et al. (2025), Akinbowale et al. (2025a)
Economic and social impact	Cybercrime results in economic and financial losses, and undermines public trust	Zulu and Boshoff (2025), Akinbowale et al. (2023)
Awareness and capacity building	There is a gap in cybercrime awareness hence the need for increased awareness, cybersecurity literacy, capacity development and educational programme to strengthen cybersecurity and to foster understanding among the stakeholders	Aphane (2023)
Collaboration	Tackling cybercrime necessitates effective collaboration between public and private sectors, and the stakeholders	Zulu and Boshoff (2025)